Who painted “Paolo and Francesca da Rimini”?

“Paolo and Francesca da Rimini” was painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1855. Where to see it: National Gallery.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: heavy-lidded women with full lips and masses of hair, rich jewel-like colour and a medieval, dreamy atmosphere.

Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Wikipedia

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